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Tennessee's 4th congressional district

81 members have held this seat since May 24, 1813. Now: Scott DesJarlais R.

Holders
81
54 D · 13 R · 5 J · 5 W · 2 U · 1 JR · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
12 years
Scott DesJarlais
Current
12 years
Scott DesJarlais, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/tn-4Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Henry Bowen · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanBennett H. Henderson · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Hogg · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Allen · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Allen · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJacob C. Isacks · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · Jackson RepublicanJacob C. Isacks · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJacob C. Isacks · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJacob C. Isacks · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJacob C. Isacks · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJames Israel Standifer · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJames Israel Standifer · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigJames Israel Standifer · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJulius W. Blackwell · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Campbell · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigAlvan Cullom · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratAlvan Cullom · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratHugh Lawson White Hill · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Houston Savage · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Houston Savage · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cullom · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigJohn Houston Savage · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJohn Houston Savage · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brickly Stokes · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratAndrew Jackson Clements · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistEdmund Cooper · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · UnionistJames Mullins · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanLewis Tillman · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Morgan Bright · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJohn Morgan Bright · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratSamuel McClary Fite · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratHaywood Yancey Riddle · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratBenton McMillin · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratCharles Edward Snodgrass · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratCharles Edward Snodgrass · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Cassius Fitzpatrick · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratMounce Gore Butler · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWynne F. Clouse · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanCordell Hull · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratCordell Hull · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJohn Ridley Mitchell · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJohn Ridley Mitchell · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Arnold Gore · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Landon Evins · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Landon Evins · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Landon Evins · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Landon Evins · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Landon Evins · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Arnold Gore Jr. · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Arnold Gore Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratJim Cooper · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratVan Hilleary · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanVan Hilleary · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanVan Hilleary · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanLincoln Davis · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratLincoln Davis · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratScott DesJarlais · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanScott DesJarlais · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanWilliam Stone · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigHaywood Yancey Riddle · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Arnold Gore · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Landon Evins · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJim Cooper · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Democrat
Scott DesJarlais R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Scott DesJarlais R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Lincoln Davis D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Lincoln Davis D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Van Hilleary R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Van Hilleary R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Van Hilleary R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Jim Cooper D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Jim Cooper D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Joseph Landon Evins D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Joseph Landon Evins D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Joseph Landon Evins D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Joseph Landon Evins D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Joseph Landon Evins D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Joseph Landon Evins D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Albert Arnold Gore D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Albert Arnold Gore D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
John Ridley Mitchell D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
John Ridley Mitchell D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Cordell Hull D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Cordell Hull D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Cordell Hull D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Cordell Hull D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Wynne F. Clouse R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Cordell Hull D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Cordell Hull D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Cordell Hull D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Cordell Hull D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Cordell Hull D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Cordell Hull D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Cordell Hull D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Mounce Gore Butler D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Charles Edward Snodgrass D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Charles Edward Snodgrass D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Benton McMillin D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Benton McMillin D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Benton McMillin D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Benton McMillin D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Benton McMillin D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Benton McMillin D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Benton McMillin D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Benton McMillin D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Benton McMillin D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Benton McMillin D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Haywood Yancey Riddle D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Samuel McClary Fite D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Haywood Yancey Riddle D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Morgan Bright D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Morgan Bright D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Lewis Tillman R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
James Mullins R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Edmund Cooper U
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Andrew Jackson Clements U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Brickly Stokes IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Houston Savage D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Houston Savage D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Cullom W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Houston Savage D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Houston Savage D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Hugh Lawson White Hill D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Alvan Cullom D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Alvan Cullom D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Campbell W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Julius W. Blackwell D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
James Israel Standifer W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
William Stone W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
James Israel Standifer W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
James Israel Standifer J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Jacob C. Isacks J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Jacob C. Isacks J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Jacob C. Isacks J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Jacob C. Isacks J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Jacob C. Isacks JR
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Robert Allen R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Robert Allen R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Samuel Hogg R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Bennett H. Henderson R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
John Henry Bowen R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.